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adhan

/ɑːˈðɑːn/
/əˈðɑːn/

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Borrowed from Arabic أَذَان (ʔaḏān).

noun adhans · aazaan · azan · athan · adhaan

The call to prayer, usually recited by a muezzin before each of the five obligatory daily prayers. If one were to pray alone and cannot hear the adhan from a nearby mosque, then giving both the adhan and iqamah is Sunnah (recommended).

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noun (Islam) the call to prayer

Español	llamada a la oración, adhan
한국어	아잔 ajan
日本語	アザーン azān
中文	邦克 bāngkè, 喚禮 /唤礼 huànlǐ
हिन्दी	अज़ान azān, अजान ajān, बाँग bāṅg
Kiswahili	adhana
Português	adhan
Français	adhan
Deutsch	Adhān, Muezzinruf, Gebetsruf
Русский	аза́н azán
العربية	أَذَان ʔaḏān
עברית	אד׳אן

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@misc{adhan_2026,
  title = {adhan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adhan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}